عَدَاهُ
Root: عدو
Form: 1
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عَدَاهُI
, first pers. عَدَوْتُهُ, Present.T يَعْدُو, [Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ,] He passed from it, namely, a thing, or an affair, to another, and left it; and عَدَا عَنْهُ signifies the same; as also
; and in like manner one says, , Verbal.Noun تَعْدِيَةٌ; [but I do not find this elsewhere, and think that correctly one should say, عَنْهُ; agreeably with what here follows:] the saying عَنْ هٰذَا means Leave thou this, and turn from it to another; and is app. from the phrase هَمَّكَ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ [Turn thy anxiety to other than him, or it]; the objective complement being altogether left out, so that the verb becomes as though it were intrans.; and there are many instances similar to this in the language: one says, عَنِّى الهَمَّ
I turned away from me anxiety: and [hence] you say to him who has pursued you, عَنِّى إِلَى غَيْرِى, meaning Turn thou the beast upon which thou art riding towards other than me: and عَمَّا تَرَى, meaning Turn thou thine eye from what thou seest. [See an ex. of the first of these verbs in the Ham p. 125.] One says also, عَدَاهُ الأَمْرُ and
The thing, or affair, passed from him. (TA. [See an ex. in the first paragraph of art. عدم.]) And the Arabs say, إِنَّ الجَرَبَ
لَيَعْدُو, meaning Verily the mange, or scab, passes from him that has it to him that is near to him so that the latter becomes mangy, or scabby. And مَا عَدَا فُلَانٌ أَنْ صَنَعَ [app. meaning Such a one did not leave, or, accord. to an explanation of the verb in a similar phrase in Har p. 333, did not delay, his doing such a thing]. Accord. to Er-Rághib, العَدْوُ primarily signifies Transition; [whence what here precedes;] or the going, or passing, beyond, or the exceeding, a limit, or the usual limit: and incompatibility to coalesce.
2 And [hence,] عَدَاهُ, Present.T as above, [Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ,] He went, or passed, beyond it; exceeded it; or transgressed it. So in the saying عَدَا طَوْرَهُ [He went, or passed, beyond his proper limit; exceeded it; or transgressed it]: and in like manner, الحَقَّ and signify He went, or passed, beyond, &c., what was true, or right; and so عَنِ الحَقِّ, and فَوْقَ الحَقِّ. أَمَا عَدَا مَنْ بَدَا, a saying in which the vulgar erroneously omit the interrogative أ, means Does not he transgress that which is right who begins by acting injuriously? And it is said عَدَا القَارِصُ فَحَرَزَ
3 And عَدَا عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ and عَدَآءٌ and عُدُوٌّ and عُدْوَانٌ and عِدْوَانٌ and عُدْوَى; and , and ; He acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically, against him; and transgressed against him, or exceeded the proper limit against him: [and he acted aggressively against him; agreeably with an explanation of the Verbal.Noun of the last of these verbs in what follows: (see an ex. in a verse cited voce رِيحٌ:)] or he acted with excessive wrongfulness, &c., against him: and signifies the same as the other verbs here mentioned; whence one says, فِى مَنْطِقِكَ Thou hast deviated from that which is right in thy speech: is the exceeding what is right; and it is sometimes in the way of aggression; and sometimes in the way of requital; and instances of the usage of its verb in both of these manners occur in the Kur ii. 190: the first and third of the inf. ns. of عَدَا, mentioned above, occur in the Kur vi. 108 accord. to different readings: and [it is said that] العُدْوَانُ signifies sheer, or unmixed, wrongful or unjust or injurious or tyrannical conduct: or, as some say, the worst of [such conduct, i. e., of] الاِعْتِدَآء, in strength, or deed, or state or condition.
4 And عَدَا عَلَيْهِ He acted corruptly towards him.
5 And عُدِىَ عَلَيْهِ He had his property stolen, and was wronged. And عَدَا عَلَى القُمَاشِ, Verbal.Noun عَدَآءٌ [said in the TA to be like سَحَابٌ, but in the CK عَدًا,] and عُدْوَانٌ and عَدَوَانٌ, but in the M written with damm and fet-h [i. e. عُدْوَان and عَدْوَان], said of a thief, He stole the قماش [meaning goods, or utensils and furniture]. And عَدَا فِى ظَهْرِهِ He stole what was behind him: (A in art. ظهر:) [or he acted wrongfully in respect of what was behind him: for] لِصٌّ عَادِى ظَهْرٍ is expl. by the words عَدَا فِى ظَهْرٍ فَسَرَقَهُ [so that it app. means A thief who has acted wrongfully in respect of what was behind one, and stolen it].
6 And عَدَا عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ, signifies also He leaped upon him, or it.
7 And عَدَا, or عَدَا فِى مَشْيِهِ, Present.T يَعْدُو, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ and عَدًا and عُدُوٌّ and عَدَوَانٌ and تَعْدَآءٌ, signifies أَحْضَرَ [i. e. He ran; or rose in his running]; said of a man and of a horse: or he went a pace nearly the same as that termed هَرْوَلَةٌ, not so quick, or which is not so quick, as that termed جَرْىٌ: or he went a pace less quick than شَدٌّ and more so than مَشْىٌ: (TA in art. سعى:) or [he went quickly, or swiftly; for] العَدْوُ signifies السُّرْعَةُ: [or rather he ran, whether gently or moderately or vehemently: that it often signifies he ran vehemently is shown by the prov. أَعْدَى مِنْ سُلَيْكٍ More vehement in running than Suleyk, who is said to have outstripped fleet horses; and by numerous exs.:] and signifies the same as عَدَا, denoting a quick pace. (TA in art. هبص.)
8 And [hence, perhaps,] عَدَا المَآءُ, Present.T يَعْدُو,
def.2 عَدَاهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ and عُدْوَانٌ; as also ; signifies He, or it, diverted him; or turned him away, or back; and occupied him so as to divert him; from the thing, or affair. You say, عَدَتْ عَوَادٍ. (S, TA. See عَادِيَةٌ, voce عُدَوَآءُ: and see also the last sentence of the first paragraph of art. عود.)
2 عَدَانِى مِنْهُ شَرٌّ means بَلَغَنِى [i. e., app., Evil, or mischief, reached me from him, or it].
def.3 عَدِيتُ لَهُ signifies I hated him, or it.
def.4 عَدَا is also a verb by which one makes an exception, with مَا [preceding it] and without مَا: you say, جَآءَنِى القَوْمُ مَا عَدَا زَيْدًا [The people, or party, came to me, except Zeyd]; and جَاؤُونِى عَدَا زَيْدًا [which means the like]; putting what follows it in the accus. case; the agent being implied in it: (S: [see this expl. in what has been said of خَلَا as used in the same manner:]) accord. to MF, it is a verb when what follows it is put in the accus. case; and when what follows it is put in the gen. case, it is a particle, by common consent: (TA: [and the like is said in the Mughnee; i. e., that it is similar to خَلَا in respect of the explanations there given of the different usages of this latter; but that Sb did not know it to have been used otherwise than as having the quality of a verb:]) one says, رَأَيْتُهُمْ عَدَا أَخَاكَ and مَا عَدَاهُ, meaning مَا خَلَا [i. e. I saw them, except thy brother]: and sometimes it governs the gen. case without ما: thus in the M: Az says, [as though regarding it as only a particle,] when you suppress [ما], you make it to govern the accus. case as meaning إِلَّا and you make it to govern the gen. case as meaning سِوَى. (TA.
2 And [hence,] عَدَاهُ, Present.T as above, [Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ,] He went, or passed, beyond it; exceeded it; or transgressed it. So in the saying عَدَا طَوْرَهُ [He went, or passed, beyond his proper limit; exceeded it; or transgressed it]: and in like manner, الحَقَّ and signify He went, or passed, beyond, &c., what was true, or right; and so عَنِ الحَقِّ, and فَوْقَ الحَقِّ. أَمَا عَدَا مَنْ بَدَا, a saying in which the vulgar erroneously omit the interrogative أ, means Does not he transgress that which is right who begins by acting injuriously? And it is said عَدَا القَارِصُ فَحَرَزَ
3 And عَدَا عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ and عَدَآءٌ and عُدُوٌّ and عُدْوَانٌ and عِدْوَانٌ and عُدْوَى; and , and ; He acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically, against him; and transgressed against him, or exceeded the proper limit against him: [and he acted aggressively against him; agreeably with an explanation of the Verbal.Noun of the last of these verbs in what follows: (see an ex. in a verse cited voce رِيحٌ:)] or he acted with excessive wrongfulness, &c., against him: and signifies the same as the other verbs here mentioned; whence one says, فِى مَنْطِقِكَ Thou hast deviated from that which is right in thy speech: is the exceeding what is right; and it is sometimes in the way of aggression; and sometimes in the way of requital; and instances of the usage of its verb in both of these manners occur in the Kur ii. 190: the first and third of the inf. ns. of عَدَا, mentioned above, occur in the Kur vi. 108 accord. to different readings: and [it is said that] العُدْوَانُ signifies sheer, or unmixed, wrongful or unjust or injurious or tyrannical conduct: or, as some say, the worst of [such conduct, i. e., of] الاِعْتِدَآء, in strength, or deed, or state or condition.
4 And عَدَا عَلَيْهِ He acted corruptly towards him.
5 And عُدِىَ عَلَيْهِ He had his property stolen, and was wronged. And عَدَا عَلَى القُمَاشِ, Verbal.Noun عَدَآءٌ [said in the TA to be like سَحَابٌ, but in the CK عَدًا,] and عُدْوَانٌ and عَدَوَانٌ, but in the M written with damm and fet-h [i. e. عُدْوَان and عَدْوَان], said of a thief, He stole the قماش [meaning goods, or utensils and furniture]. And عَدَا فِى ظَهْرِهِ He stole what was behind him: (A in art. ظهر:) [or he acted wrongfully in respect of what was behind him: for] لِصٌّ عَادِى ظَهْرٍ is expl. by the words عَدَا فِى ظَهْرٍ فَسَرَقَهُ [so that it app. means A thief who has acted wrongfully in respect of what was behind one, and stolen it].
6 And عَدَا عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ, signifies also He leaped upon him, or it.
7 And عَدَا, or عَدَا فِى مَشْيِهِ, Present.T يَعْدُو, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ and عَدًا and عُدُوٌّ and عَدَوَانٌ and تَعْدَآءٌ, signifies أَحْضَرَ [i. e. He ran; or rose in his running]; said of a man and of a horse: or he went a pace nearly the same as that termed هَرْوَلَةٌ, not so quick, or which is not so quick, as that termed جَرْىٌ: or he went a pace less quick than شَدٌّ and more so than مَشْىٌ: (TA in art. سعى:) or [he went quickly, or swiftly; for] العَدْوُ signifies السُّرْعَةُ: [or rather he ran, whether gently or moderately or vehemently: that it often signifies he ran vehemently is shown by the prov. أَعْدَى مِنْ سُلَيْكٍ More vehement in running than Suleyk, who is said to have outstripped fleet horses; and by numerous exs.:] and signifies the same as عَدَا, denoting a quick pace. (TA in art. هبص.)
8 And [hence, perhaps,] عَدَا المَآءُ, Present.T يَعْدُو,
def.2 عَدَاهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun عَدْوٌ and عُدْوَانٌ; as also ; signifies He, or it, diverted him; or turned him away, or back; and occupied him so as to divert him; from the thing, or affair. You say, عَدَتْ عَوَادٍ. (S, TA. See عَادِيَةٌ, voce عُدَوَآءُ: and see also the last sentence of the first paragraph of art. عود.)
2 عَدَانِى مِنْهُ شَرٌّ means بَلَغَنِى [i. e., app., Evil, or mischief, reached me from him, or it].
def.3 عَدِيتُ لَهُ signifies I hated him, or it.
def.4 عَدَا is also a verb by which one makes an exception, with مَا [preceding it] and without مَا: you say, جَآءَنِى القَوْمُ مَا عَدَا زَيْدًا [The people, or party, came to me, except Zeyd]; and جَاؤُونِى عَدَا زَيْدًا [which means the like]; putting what follows it in the accus. case; the agent being implied in it: (S: [see this expl. in what has been said of خَلَا as used in the same manner:]) accord. to MF, it is a verb when what follows it is put in the accus. case; and when what follows it is put in the gen. case, it is a particle, by common consent: (TA: [and the like is said in the Mughnee; i. e., that it is similar to خَلَا in respect of the explanations there given of the different usages of this latter; but that Sb did not know it to have been used otherwise than as having the quality of a verb:]) one says, رَأَيْتُهُمْ عَدَا أَخَاكَ and مَا عَدَاهُ, meaning مَا خَلَا [i. e. I saw them, except thy brother]: and sometimes it governs the gen. case without ما: thus in the M: Az says, [as though regarding it as only a particle,] when you suppress [ما], you make it to govern the accus. case as meaning إِلَّا and you make it to govern the gen. case as meaning سِوَى. (TA.
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